Carbon Emissions Reporting

Galaxy can estimate the carbon footprint of each job you run. The carbon emissions reporting can be configured for each galaxy instance to allow for more accurate results. The following options can be set:

These calculations are based off of the work of the Green Algorithms Project and in particular their implementation of the “carbon footprint calculator”. Additionally, some of our carbon emissions comparisons are based off of calculations done by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Geographical server location

The geographical_server_location_code flag is an ISO 3166-2 string specifying the location of your galaxy instance, with the only exception being GLOBAL, which specifies that global average values are to be used. Each valid code corresponds to a location name and a specific carbon intensity value. The corresponding flags (geographical_server_location_name and carbon_intensity) are automatically set and will be displayed to the client when carbon emissions are reported. The more accurate the location the better the estimates. In all cases, it is assumed that all jobs are run on a server in the same location as the one specified in geographical_server_location_code.

A list of supported locations can be found here.

Power usage effectiveness

Power usage effectiveness, or PUE for short, is a ratio specifying how efficiently the data centre hosting your galaxy server used energy. It is essentially your server’s ‘indirect’ energy usage. Galaxy uses a default PUE of 1.67. If you would like to set a custom value, you can calculate a PUE value as follows.

Feature toggling

The carbon_emission_estimates flag can be set to either true to enable carbon emissions reporting or false to disable it altogether.

Supported locations

Galaxy supports locations in the following sub-divisions

The only exception to the code format is for the ‘global’ location:

  • GLOBAL - The entire world.

Africa

  • ZA - South Africa

Asia

  • AE - United Arab Emirates

  • CN-HK2 - Hong Kong (CLP Group)

  • CN-HK - Hong Kong (HK Electricity Company)

  • CN- China

  • ID - Indonesia

  • IL- Israel

  • IN - India

  • JP - Japan

  • KR - South Korea

  • SA - Saudi Arabia

  • SG - Singapore

  • TH - Thailand

  • TR - Turkey

  • TW- Taiwan

Europe

  • AT - Austria

  • BE - Belgium

  • BG - Bulgaria

  • CH - Switzerland

  • CY - Cyprus

  • CZ - Czech Republic

  • DE - Germany

  • DK - Denmark

  • EE - Estonia

  • ES - Spain

  • FI - Finland

  • FR - France

  • GB - United Kingdom

  • GR - Greece

  • HR - Croatia

  • HU - Hungary

  • IE - Ireland

  • IS - Iceland

  • IT - Italy

  • LT - Lithuania

  • LU - Luxembourg

  • LV - Latvia

  • MT - Malta

  • NL - Netherlands

  • NO - Norway

  • PL - Poland

  • PT - Portugal

  • RO - Romania

  • RS - Serbia

  • RU - Russian Federation

  • SE - Sweden

  • SI - Slovenia

  • SK - Slovakia

Oceania

  • AU-ACT - Australia (Australian Capital Territory)

  • AU-NSW - Australia (New South Wales)

  • AU-NT2 - Australia (Northern Territory, Darwin Katherine Interconnected System)

  • AU-NT - Australia (Northern Territory)

  • AU-QLD - Australia (Queensland)

  • AU-SA - Australia (South Australia)

  • AU-TAS - Australia (Tasmania)

  • AU-VIC - Australia (Victoria)

  • AU-WA1 - Australia (Western Australia, North Western Interconnected System)

  • AU-WA2 - Australia (Western Australia, South West Interconnected System)

  • AU - Australia

  • NZ - New Zealand

North America

  • CA - Canada

  • CA-AB - Canada (Alberta)

  • CA-BC - Canada (British Columbia)

  • CA-MT - Canada (Manitoba)

  • CA-NB - Canada (New Brunswick)

  • CA-NL - Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador)

  • CA-NS - Canada (Nova Scotia)

  • CA-NT - Canada (Northwest Territories)

  • CA-NU - Canada (Nunavut)

  • CA-ON - Canada (Ontario)

  • CA-PE - Canada (Prince Edward Island)

  • CA-QC - Canada (Quebec)

  • CA-SK - Canada (Saskatchewan)

  • CA-YT - Canada (Yukon Territory)

  • MX - Mexico

  • US - USA

  • US-AK - USA (Alaska)

  • US-AL - USA (Alabama)

  • US-AR - USA (Arkansas)

  • US-AZ - USA (Arizona)

  • US-CA - USA (California)

  • US-CO - USA (Colorado)

  • US-CT - USA (Connecticut)

  • US-DC - USA (Washington DC)

  • US-DE - USA (Delaware)

  • US-FL - USA (Florida)

  • US-GA - USA (Georgia)

  • US-HI - USA (Hawaii)

  • US-IA - USA (Iowa)

  • US-ID - USA (Idaho)

  • US-IL - USA (Illinois)

  • US-IN - USA (Indiana)

  • US-KS - USA (Kansas)

  • US-KY - USA (Kentucky)

  • US-LA - USA (Louisiana)

  • US-MA - USA (Massachusetts)

  • US-MD - USA (Maryland)

  • US-ME - USA (Maine)

  • US-MI - USA (Michigan)

  • US-MN - USA (Minnesota)

  • US-MO - USA (Missouri)

  • US-MS - USA (Mississippi)

  • US-MT - USA (Montana)

  • US-NC - USA (North Carolina)

  • US-ND - USA (North Dakota)

  • US-NE - USA (Nebraska)

  • US-NH - USA (New Hampshire)

  • US-NJ - USA (New Jersey)

  • US-NM - USA (New Mexico)

  • US-NV - USA (Nevada)

  • US-NY - USA (New York)

  • US-OH - USA (Ohio)

  • US-OK - USA (Oklahoma)

  • US-OR - USA (Oregon)

  • US-PA - USA (Pennsylvania)

  • US-RI - USA (Rhode Island)

  • US-SC - USA (South Carolina)

  • US-SD - USA (South Dakota)

  • US-TN - USA (Tennessee)

  • US-TX - USA (Texas)

  • US-UT - USA (Utah)

  • US-VA - USA (Virginia)

  • US-VT - USA (Vermont)

  • US-WA - USA (Washington)

  • US-WI - USA (Wisconsin)

  • US-WV - USA (West Virginia)

  • US-WY - USA (Wyoming)

South America

  • AR - Argentina

  • BR - Brazil

  • UY - Uruguay